The secret of rivers of blood in Dhaka, it is very surprising

News24xx.com -  A macabre image of a little girl posing in what appears to be a street flooded with blood-stained rainwater went viral over the internet.

The picture was taken in Dhaka by Bangladeshi documentary photographer Nasif Imtiaz, after large-scale animal sacrifices conducted on Eid al-Adha, coupled with heavy rains and poor drainage turned some streets in the Bangladeshi capital into what the media has been calling “rivers of blood”.

It makes the street in Shantibagh area of Dhaka is seen submerged under water mixed with blood and wastes of sacrificial animal on Eid-ul-Azha following continuous rain.

The annual Eid al-Adha celebrations, also known as the “Feast of the Sacrifice”, is the second biggest celebration for Muslims after Eid al-Fitr.
It commemorates the Quranic story where Ibrahim—known as Abraham in the Bible—was commanded by Allah to prove his obedience to God by sacrificing his own son. As Ibrahim put the knife to his son’s throat, Allah intervened and prevented the sacrifice, and a ram was sacrificed instead.

To thank Allah for sparing Ibrahim’s child from death, every year during Eid al-Adha, Muslim families ritually sacrifice goats, cows, and water buffaloes in staggering numbers. The meat from the sacrificed animal is then divided into three parts. According to custom, one part is given to the poor and the needy; another part is given to friends, relatives and neighbors; and the remaining part is retained by the family.

As per the BBC, nearly 100,000 livestock were sacrificed in Dhaka. Authorities set up hundreds of designated sacrifice spots in the run-up to the festival to make it easier to clean away blood and animal carcasses, but most residents ignored the special areas and made sacrifices on the streets or in their garages. A heavy downpour then flooded the streets, which is a common occurrence in Dhaka, creating these nightmarish scenes.